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General Motors plans to be carbon-neutral by 2040; eliminate LDV tailpipe emissions by 2035

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While electric vehicles themselves do not emit tailpipe emissions, it is critical that they be charged with electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind and solar.

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GM makes its largest green energy purchase to date; 50 MW wind deal

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General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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The Greenius Plan For General Motors

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Here’s what I’m proposing: Seize and Nationalize the bankrupt General Motors Corporation. Sell every new plug-in car owner a solar or wind powered charging station for their car. Install solar and wind charging stations at every meter and parking space in America. With a bullet to the brain. There you go.

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Renewable energy plan incentivizes GM EV owners: Free home charging after midnight

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General Motors and Shell on Wednesday announced a new partnership to provide renewable energy to GM customers in Texas, as well as free overnight charging for Texans who own GM electric cars. The offer.

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GM to use wind power for more than 50% of annual vehicle output from Arlington Assembly plant

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General Motors’ Arlington, Texas, Assembly plant will soon be able to build up to 125,000 trucks a year using wind power. Fifteen of the wind farm’s 261-foot-tall turbines will generate the energy GM will use. Beginning in the first quarter of 2016, wind energy will help power three GM Mexico facilities.

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Sale of Saab to Spyker Finalized; Sale of HUMMER Fails, Wind-Down to Begin

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General Motors and Spyker Cars NV finalized the deal for Spyker to purchase Saab Automobile AB. The previously announced wind down of Saab operations has ended. As a result, GM will begin the orderly wind-down of the HUMMER operations. However, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co.,

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General Motors to wind-down Saab brands

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It has been a difficult day in the motoring industry as news broke that another popular brand name would fall victim to the global recession. General Motors announced that the intended sale of Saab Automobile could not be concluded and that following the withdrawal of Koenigsegg Group AB last month, discussions with Spyker Cars had also [.].